Brett Myers retired 27 of the 29 batters he faced to notch his
eighth career complete game and added an RBI single as the
Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the Brewers with a 6-1
victory in the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday.

Pat Burrell, who had the game-winning RBI in the Phillies' 7-3
win in the first game, hit his 31st home run in the second game.
Jimmy Rollins added a two-run single for the Phillies (83-67),
who tied the Brewers (83-67) in the National League wild card
race.

"We just couldn't get away with anything," Brewers manager Ned
Yost said. "Anything we tried to do, it just didn't work.
Brett Myers threw great. (The Phillies) are hot right now.
Everything is going their way. It was a good series for them."

Philadelphia also moved within one game of New York (83-65) for
first place in the NL East, after the Mets dropped a 7-4
decision to the Atlanta Braves.

"It was good to get the sweep," Philadelphia's Jayson Werth
said. "When you look back into last year when we swept the Mets
about this time, that put us in a great position the rest of the
way."

Philadelphia appeared to be falling out of contention for
postseason action prior to the start of the four-game set with
Milwaukee. It trailed the Mets by 3 1/2 games in the division
and the Brewers by four in the wild card.

"We're a team of necessity and sometimes we put ourselves in
positions where we got to win games," Werth said.

Pitching on three days' rest did not appear to affect Myers
(10-11), who allowed only a two-out single to Ray Durham in the
fourth inning and a two-out, solo home run to Prince Fielder in
the seventh. He walked one batter, who was erased on a double
play, and had four strikeouts over his 95-pitch outing.

"I felt fine. I knew I wasn't gonna have my best velocity or
anything like that," Myers said. "Not only that, I just wasn't
really looking for the strikeouts that I'm accustomed to looking
for. I wasn't trying to get deep into the counts, because I knew
I needed to keep my pitch count down."

Myers was the closer on the Phillies last season and was an
intregal part of the team's surge down the stretch to capture
the division title after being seven games down with 17 games to
play.

After struggling in his return to the starting rotation this
season, Myers spent time in the minors to work on his mechanics.
Since rejoining the team, the Phillies are 8-2 in his last 10
starts.

"When I went down there, I got a better feel for starting,"
Myers said. "Back to where I was in '05 and '06. It was
something that I needed just to get my mind set right for
starting again."

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was not sure what kind of
pitcher Myers would be once he returned.

"I was hoping to get a guy back that would help us and he did
much more than that," Manuel said. "I give him credit for his
focus and staying calm, staying in control of himself more."

Conversely, it seemed that no matter what strategy the Brewers
employed, it backfired. They twice instructed starter Jeff
Suppan (10-9) to issue intentional walks, but both times the
Phillies ended up scoring.

"Anytime we tried to put a situation in our favor, it just kind
of backfired on us," Yost said. "Nothing really worked out for
us anywhere."

Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Chase
Utley's double play grounder before Myers keyed a two-out rally
in the second.

Chris Coste was walked intentionally to put runners on first and
third with two outs. Myers crossed up the strategy by lining an
RBI single to right that made it, 2-0. After the runners
advanced on a wild pitch, Rollins lined a two-run single to put
the Phillies up, 4-0.

"Jimmy Rollins got the two RBI tonight because Brett Myers got a
hit in front of him," Manuel said.

Burrell homered down the left field line to lead off the fourth
inning. Later in the frame, Suppan walked Rollins intentionally
to load the bases only to then walk Werth, the final batter he
faced, to force in a run and make it, 6-0.

"We're just doing our jobs out there," Werth said. "We're
continuing to play the type of ball that we're accustomed to. We
did the little things that got us over the hump."

Suppan lasted 3 2/3 innings and gave up six runs on eight hits.
The righthander walked three - two of them intentional - hit a
batter and uncorked a wild pitch.

Fielder got the Brewers on the board in the seventh with his
30th home run of the season.

NLAT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)SOLO HOME RUN BY PRINCE FIELDER (30) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 7TH OFF BRETT MYERS.CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 1, PHILADELPHIA 6DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.291, 0-FOR-2)

NLAT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE (2ND GAME)SOLO HOME RUN BY PAT BURRELL (31) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF JEFF SUPPAN.CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0, PHILADELPHIA 5DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: S VICTORINO (.278, 1-FOR-1)